Calixto Ramírez

Calixto Ramírez is a Mexican artist born on the border between Reynosa, Mexico, and Hidalgo, Texas, whose practice has developed through a condition of constant mobility. This semi-nomadic experience—initially shaped by his father’s geological work and later by his engagement within international art contexts—has informed a body of work reflecting on territory, displacement, and narrative construction. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” in Mexico City and began his career within the Mexican art scene before relocating to Italy in 2013 at the invitation of Jannis Kounellis, expanding his presence within the European context. Working across photography, installation, object, and performative gesture, his practice proposes new readings of landscape and liminal spaces, as in Doing Nothing Between the United States (Roma, Texas) and Mexico (Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas) (2018), which addresses the border as both symbolic and physical terrain. His work has been exhibited at institutions including Museo Jumex, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Tamayo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Fondazione MEMMO, Museo del Novecento, and Palazzo Collicola, among others. He currently lives and works in Monterrey, Mexico.